Shell of Safety

I may not return to my shell of safety,


No matter how my heart desires retreat.

I must not return to my shell of safety,

No matter how fast my heart beats.



For I knew going in this journey was long,

And fraught with perilous ways.

But worth it to me, as painful as it may be,

To have a meaningful way to spend my days.



My shell of safety was warm and soft,

And I could not see how it could be so,

When others were so bruised and battered,

And had no safe haven where they could go.



So I sojourned out into the cold

To see what I could give.

I sojourned out into the cold

So others, too, might live.



I can not return to my shell of safety,

No matter how my heart desires retreat.

I will not return to my shell of safety,

As long as there are people who are in need.